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Re: What movie did you last watch?

Yes Man

Not a bad movie at all. I'd place this in the second tier of Jim Carrey flicks. Not quite up there with the Ace Venturas, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, or Bruce Almighty, but on par with the likes of, say, Liar Liar.

Re: What movie did you last watch?

Not a bad movie at all. I'd place this in the second tier of Jim Carrey flicks. Not quite up there with the Ace Venturas, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, or Bruce Almighty, but on par with the likes of, say, Liar Liar.

I liked Liar, Liar better than all of the ones you listed before that. The Mask and Dumb and Dumber bored me to tears.

Re: What movie did you last watch?

Not a bad movie at all. I'd place this in the second tier of Jim Carrey flicks. Not quite up there with the Ace Venturas, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, or Bruce Almighty, but on par with the likes of, say, Liar Liar.

Re: What movie did you last watch?

Religulous

Wow did I ever like this movie. Just a great job of showing the craziness that goes into religion and what people believe. It is a documentary in the same vein as a Michael Moore film in that he is pushing his own agenda but I already agree with just about everything he said and it was cool to see it unfold. Best movie I have seen in ages.

Re: What movie did you last watch?

Bought Planet Terror on DVD today, love it.

I didn't really like Religilous. I mean, it's just Bill Maher highlighting an orthodoxy whose orthodoxy is making fun of everyone else's orthodoxy. The only thing I took from it is that we're all crazy in some shape or form, and I don't think that's what Bill intended, but hey.

Re: What movie did you last watch?

Disturbia - 6/10

Caught this on a bus cause I was too tired to read a book and was expecting utter trash -- especially since it's basically just a bastardized Rear Window. But it was actually very engaging, well structured/paced and relatively suspenseful, even if the entire final 20 minutes are completely over the top and absurd. More importantly, Shia continues to surprise me with his ability to not come off as a douchebag and/or dunce and that broad is a fox. Sorta looking forward to Transformers 2 now for another winning combination of those two things.

Re: What movie did you last watch?

Little Children - 8/10

This is a slow, dialogue-driven movie from In the Bedroom director Todd Field about the doldrums of passionless life in suburban America, focusing on the interacting lives of a stay-at-home mom, a stay-at-home dad, a careerless shamed police officer and a pedophile.

The whole thing follows a fairly predictable plot line (some of which is Crash-level cornball), but most of the sequential developments of the story aren't really the point. The story is more told through the reactionary shots, body language and awkward character interactions in response to the dialogue/events that occur throughout -- something that the director and the acting performances craft into a riveting and clever exposition on this topic.

One other interesting notes it the narration device that Field uses often throughout, something that is stand-out for the wry/ironic, half nature-documentary/half-NFL Films feel it adds to the film.

A lot of people won't like this movie at all, but I thought it was a very, very well made one.